Victoria

#54 for girls in 2025, 4,027 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 12,148 births
Debut · girls
93 births
In top 100 · girls
62 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
527,915
since 1880

Victoria over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #16, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#544,027—
2024#484,281#8,3129
2023#454,454—
2022#434,782—
2021#434,713#10,7996
2020#345,303#8,7398
2019#256,380#12,1455
2018#217,134#9,6707
2017#197,314#7,54610
2016#217,329—
2015#207,630#10,6446
2014#198,012#8,1309
2013#257,215#9,6557
2012#286,871#8,1589
2011#236,896#10,8086
2010#326,236#8,8038
2009#316,371#7,23611
2008#277,127#12,5535
2007#297,435#12,3675
2006#277,653#8,7328
2005#287,961#4,82417
2004#288,279#2,56942
2003#229,251#5,27114
2002#219,785#7,6438
2001#2110,179#6,44510
2000#2010,926#4,20418
1999#1611,874#4,53715
1998#1612,148#4,01917
1997#1911,795#3,73818
1996#1811,859#3,40620
1995#2012,252#2,92324
1994#1912,694#3,03023
1993#1912,925#2,29533
1992#2211,907#2,83424
1991#2810,912#2,09535
1990#339,109#2,01237
1989#447,637#1,47656
1988#427,283#2,14629
1987#506,255#2,16927
1986#545,676#1,66238
1985#595,426#1,97529
1984#595,076#2,70617
1983#585,046#1,95527
1982#654,255#2,42620
1981#873,689#2,77916
1980#1032,929#3,09814
1979#1192,674—
1978#1212,457#3,21512
1977#1072,702#3,8369
1976#923,036#3,7249
1975#1052,713#2,45017
1974#1042,844#3,12011
1973#953,070#2,40516
1972#993,206#2,32316
1971#973,722#4,3756
1970#854,460#1,88922
1969#834,390#2,30814
1968#824,286#2,10915
1967#933,664#2,24213
1966#1033,362#1,75719
1965#1083,480#1,98716
1964#1293,157#2,54611
1963#1303,246#2,11515
1962#1213,705#2,50411
1961#1144,149#2,70610
1960#1144,294#3,0778
1959#1134,153#1,97417
1958#1094,466#3,2757
1957#885,328#2,01916
1956#855,388#2,62810
1955#825,359#2,55810
1954#854,978#3,4526
1953#825,164#3,4256
1952#745,603#3,0957
1951#814,907#3,0667
1950#943,781#3,6815
1949#963,669#3,0197
1948#1083,131#3,3166
1947#1232,739#3,0967
1946#1222,388#2,6908
1945#1062,670#2,00912
1944#1391,815#3,1096
1943#1641,467—
1942#1701,372#2,9407
1941#216814—
1940#243687—
1939#241675—
1938#260588#3,5345
1937#252629#2,4799
1936#269507—
1935#256603#2,7198
1934#259585#3,6795
1933#249600#2,5429
1932#258592#2,8498
1931#228712#3,0957
1930#228713#3,5926
1929#216825#2,31712
1928#217833#2,38712
1927#205959#4,2105
1926#200963—
1925#1961,046—
1924#1941,102—
1923#1901,150#2,9509
1922#1861,145#2,80110
1921#1791,238#3,8696
1920#1731,286—
1919#1541,429#3,7366
1918#1341,758#3,7286
1917#1581,334#3,9815
1916#1501,340#3,1777
1915#1511,266—
1914#1451,026—
1913#147825—
1912#150711—
1911#160503—
1910#142574—
1909#160426—
1908#156435—
1907#159400—
1906#159362—
1905#163343—
1904#167320—
1903#156330—
1902#151339—
1901#142346—
1900#148391—
1899#156289—
1898#171276—
1897#180234—
1896#158281—
1895#160269—
1894#163251—
1893#168223—
1892#165229—
1891#164204—
1890#158223—
1889#167175—
1888#152207—
1887#155157—
1886#150162—
1885#141163—
1884#158124—
1883#159110—
1882#136132—
1881#134117—
1880#14893—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Victoria was already there! It came in at #148, and was given to 93 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 140 girls a year got the name.

Where Victoria is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #103 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 366 girlsAKMaine: #92 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 358 girlsMEVermont: #102 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 401 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #132 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 621 girlsNHWashington: #65 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 277 girlsWAIdaho: #48 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 210 girlsIDMontana: #61 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 237 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #61 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 246 girlsNDMinnesota: #51 for girls · 156 births · 1 in 226 girlsMNIllinois: #61 for girls · 359 births · 1 in 262 girlsILWisconsin: #49 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 230 girlsWIMichigan: #63 for girls · 298 births · 1 in 271 girlsMINew York: #74 for girls · 474 births · 1 in 326 girlsNYMassachusetts: #124 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 721 girlsMARhode Island: #117 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 630 girlsRIOregon: #62 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 259 girlsORNevada: #77 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 224 girlsNVWyoming: #53 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 195 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #69 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 256 girlsSDIowa: #87 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 384 girlsIAIndiana: #67 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 284 girlsINOhio: #53 for girls · 422 births · 1 in 225 girlsOHPennsylvania: #65 for girls · 375 births · 1 in 296 girlsPANew Jersey: #74 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 328 girlsNJConnecticut: #91 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 405 girlsCTCalifornia: #37 for girls · 716 births · 1 in 183 girlsCAUtah: #162 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 685 girlsUTColorado: #50 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 223 girlsCONebraska: #69 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 314 girlsNEMissouri: #65 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 263 girlsMOKentucky: #81 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 358 girlsKYWest Virginia: #68 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 285 girlsWVVirginia: #90 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 407 girlsVAMaryland: #54 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 231 girlsMDDelaware: #47 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 183 girlsDEArizona: #60 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 222 girlsAZNew Mexico: #66 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 238 girlsNMKansas: #56 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 224 girlsKSArkansas: #105 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 524 girlsARTennessee: #97 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 514 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #114 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 574 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #135 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 586 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #54 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 229 girlsDCOklahoma: #84 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 438 girlsOKLouisiana: #133 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 635 girlsLAMississippi: #159 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 671 girlsMSAlabama: #135 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 682 girlsALGeorgia: #127 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 580 girlsGAHawaii: #123 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 391 girlsHITexas: #109 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 530 girlsTXFlorida: #72 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 330 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#37 · 1 in 183
  2. Delaware#47 · 1 in 183
  3. Idaho#48 · 1 in 210
  4. Wisconsin#49 · 1 in 230
  5. Colorado#50 · 1 in 223

Best ever in a state: #4 in Rhode Island, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#377161 in 183
Delaware#47191 in 183
Idaho#48301 in 210
Wisconsin#491741 in 230
Colorado#50731 in 223
Minnesota#511561 in 226
Ohio#534221 in 225
Wyoming#53151 in 195
District of Columbia#54571 in 229
Maryland#541131 in 231
Kansas#56921 in 224
Arizona#60471 in 222
Illinois#613591 in 262
Montana#61271 in 237
North Dakota#61281 in 246
Oregon#62641 in 259
Michigan#632981 in 271
Missouri#651571 in 263
Pennsylvania#653751 in 296
Washington#65991 in 277
New Mexico#66421 in 238
Indiana#671641 in 284
West Virginia#68781 in 285
Nebraska#69461 in 314
South Dakota#69291 in 256
Florida#72991 in 330
New Jersey#741481 in 328
New York#744741 in 326
Nevada#7761 in 224
Kentucky#81941 in 358
Oklahoma#84491 in 438
Iowa#87741 in 384
Virginia#90951 in 407
Connecticut#91501 in 405
Maine#92251 in 358
Tennessee#97721 in 514
Vermont#10291 in 401
Alaska#10351 in 366
Arkansas#105381 in 524
Texas#1092011 in 530
North Carolina#114891 in 574
Rhode Island#117131 in 630
Hawaii#123151 in 391
Massachusetts#124671 in 721
Georgia#127761 in 580
New Hampshire#13281 in 621
Louisiana#133561 in 635
Alabama#135541 in 682
South Carolina#135501 in 586
Mississippi#159421 in 671
Utah#162141 in 685

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Victoria
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#48 → #54)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#34 → #54)
  • 34 spots since 2015 (#20 → #54)
  • Biggest jump: 46 spots in 1942 (#216 → #170)
  • Biggest drop: 30 spots in 1932 (#228 → #258)
Rise & fade · girls
118 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1998 at #16 (12,148 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 62 yrs · run 1981–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 140
  • Highest: 1 in 140 girls born in 1993 were named Victoria (0.71%)
  • Latest: 1 in 399 girls born in 2025 (0.25%)
  • Its best rank, #16 in 1998, was only 1 in 145 (0.69%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 22.3% of all girls named Victoria (117,475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,440#134 (1881)#150
1890s2,479#156 (1899)#164
1900s3,692#142 (1901)#156
1910s10,766#134 (1918)#149
1920s10,547#173 (1920)#196
1930s6,204#228 (1930)#250
1940s20,752#96 (1949)#149
1950s49,127#74 (1952)#89
1960s37,733#82 (1968)#108
1970s30,884#85 (1970)#102
1980s53,272#42 (1988)#62
1990s117,475#16 (1998)#21
2000s84,967#20 (2000)#25
2010s71,017#19 (2014)#23
2020s27,560#34 (2020)#45

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Victoria in 1952

girls
#74
5,603 births · 1 in 331 girls
boys
#3,095
7 births · 1 in 277,662 boys

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #74Victoria5,603

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #3,095Victoria7
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 331 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 98.8% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #71Lynn5,818
  2. #72Maria5,695
  3. #73Elaine5,650
  4. #74Victoria5,603
  5. #75Marsha5,583
  6. #76Vickie5,482
  7. #77Darlene5,427
Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 277,662 of them was named Victoria, which outranked 27.3% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Victoria
  1. #2,875Winn8
  2. #2,875Wyndell8
  3. #2,875Zev8
  4. #3,095Victoria7
  5. #3,095Abelino7
  6. #3,095Aden7
  7. #3,095Adolf7
  8. #3,373Abie6
  9. #3,373Abundio6
  10. #3,373Adlia6

Tied with 277 names at #3,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 753Darren#1,598 → #845
  2. ↑ 372Robby#1,242 → #870
  3. ↑ 355Cris#1,218 → #863
  4. ↑ 301Ethan#1,295 → #994
  5. ↑ 280Adan#1,150 → #870
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Ottis#984 → #1,461
  2. ↓ 408Wayland#915 → #1,323
  3. ↓ 330Mcarthur#806 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 305Arvin#963 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 285Levon#881 → #1,166

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1952 →